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We Iraqis
We Iraqis (2004)
, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films

Daily life in Baghdad, in a home like many others, that of the director’s brother. The preparations waiting for the outbreak of war, the comments in front of the images on TV, stocking up on food, the difficulty of the children to go to school... After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the director returned to Baghdad and meets the people. “I came to film death, but life got the upper hand”.
Die Tapferen Haende im Chaos der Zeit, 20minutes
Directed by Mika'ela Fisher
Origin France
Genres Biography, Fantastic
Themes La mode
Actors Mika'ela Fisher

Valiant Hands in the Chaos of the Time is a journey from the subconscious to the real perception... Busy hands and creations are the
Shoah
Shoah (1985)
, 9h26
Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Claude Lanzmann

The film is concerned chiefly with four topics: Chełmno, where mobile gas vans were first used by Germans to exterminate Jews; the death camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau; and the Warsaw Ghetto, with testimonies from survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators.
Back to Babylon, 52minutes
Directed by Abbas Fahdel
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Autobiographical documentary films
Actors Abbas Fahdel

Back in his home town of Babylon after a long exile, the Iraqi-born director Abbas Fahdel asks himself: "What has become of my friends? What has life here made of them? What would life here have made of me had I not decided to follow the course of destiny elsewhere?" In his search and inquiries, his encounters with the friends of his youth, it is the situation today in Iraq that is revealed through the camera's eye: the ravages of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, the after-effects of the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and the embargo imposed by the United Nations.
Balthus through the Looking-Glass, 1h12
Directed by Damian Pettigrew
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Philippe Noiret

The feature length documentary highlights the painter's complex creative process with rare footage of the artist at work in his studio in the Swiss mountain village of Rossinière. Conversations with Balthus and his wife Setsuko, his daughter Harumi, his sons Stanislaus and Thadée, interviews with art critics Jean Leymarie, Jean Clair, Pierre Rosenberg, and James Lord, and with French painter François Rouan (who often assisted Balthus during his tenure at the Villa Medici), contribute to form a psychological portrait of a secretive and controversial artist.
Human
Human (2015)
, 3h8
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Origin France
Genres Documentary

Human est un documentaire regroupant un ensemble de témoignages de personnes réparties sur l'ensemble de la planète Terre sur des situations de vie. Le réalisateur s'est appuyé sur des interviews de plus de 2 000 personnes dans 65 pays. Lors du montage, 110 interviews ont été choisies. Les thèmes abordés sont entre autres l'amour, l'agriculture, l'homosexualité ou l'immigration.
Night and Fog, 32minutes
Directed by Alain Resnais
Origin France
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Michel Bouquet

Night and Fog is a documentary that alternates between past and present and features both black-and-white and color footage. The first part of Night and Fog shows remnants of Auschwitz while the narrator Michel Bouquet describes the rise of Nazi ideology. The film continues with comparisons of the life of the Schutzstaffel to the starving prisoners in the camps. Bouquet then addresses the sadism inflicted upon the doomed inmates, including torture, scientific and medical "experiments", executions, and prostitution. The next section is shown completely in black-and-white, and depicts images of gas chambers and piles of bodies. The final topic of the film depicts the liberation of the country, the discovery of the horror of the camps, and the questioning of who was responsible for them.
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, 1h
Directed by Adrian Maben
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films

À l'origine, il s'agissait d'un projet de télévisions européennes prévoyant de filmer Pink Floyd interprétant certains de ses morceaux dans l'univers minéral de Pompéi et du Vésuve. La première version sortie en salle dure 60 minutes, et on n'y voit que les scènes de Pompéi et Paris. Cette version contenait une introduction ressemblant à Echoes avec de l'air, un sifflement et un petit air de guitare joué par David Gilmour.
The Pianist, 2h24
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes French war films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Michał Żebrowski

In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland which caused the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory, Szpilman celebrates with his posh family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. German troops soon enter Warsaw and the Nazi authorities implement measures to identify, isolate, financially ruin and reduce the Jewish population in Warsaw. Jews are ordered to provide their own identifying armbands with the Star of David.
The Intouchables, 1h53
Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about disabilities, Buddy films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Audrey Fleurot, Anne Le Ny, Clotilde Mollet, Alba Gaïa Bellugi

At night in Paris, Driss is driving Philippe's Maserati at high speed. They are chased through the streets by the police, and eventually cornered. Driss claims the quadriplegic Philippe must be urgently driven to the emergency room; Philippe pretends to have a seizure and the fooled police officers escort them to the hospital.
The Hole
The Hole (1960)
, 2h12
Directed by Jacques Becker
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films, Évasion
Actors Michel Constantin, Philippe Leroy, Catherine Spaak, Jean Keraudy, Raymond Meunier, Marc Michel

Four long-sentence prisoners are determined to escape. They start digging a tunnel. While they are still at it, the prison direction puts the new convict Gaspard into their cell. They have no choice but to fill him in. At first he's enthusiastic about taking part in the getaway but all of a sudden it shows he will be released soon anyway because the main witness against him had a change in mind. Clueless as they are, Roland, Manu and Géo keep following through on their plan until it becomes evident that Gaspard has betrayed them.
Home
Home (2009)
, 1h30
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues
Actors Glenn Close, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jacques Gamblin, Salma Hayek, 周迅 (Zhou Xun), Isabella Rossellini

En 200 000 ans d'existence, l'homme a rompu l'équilibre sur lequel la Terre vivait depuis 4 milliards d'années. Réchauffement climatique, épuisement des ressources, extinction des espèces : l'homme a mis en péril sa propre demeure. Mais il est trop tard pour être pessimiste : il reste à peine dix ans à l'humanité pour inverser la tendance, prendre conscience de son exploitation démesurée des richesses de la Terre, et changer son mode de consommation.
No Gods, No Masters: A History of Anarchism, 3h41
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about anarchism, Politique, Documentary films about politics, Documentary films about anarchism, Political films
Actors Redjep Mitrovitsa

Du manifeste fondateur de Pierre-Joseph Proudhon en 1840 (Qu'est-ce que la propriété ?) à la chute de Barcelone en 1939, Tancrède Ramonet retrace, en images, un siècle d’histoire mondiale du mouvement anarchiste, du collectivisme libertaire à l'anarcho-syndicalisme, en passant par la propagande par le fait.
Algeria from Above
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Actors Jalil Lespert, Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Titre original : L'Algérie vue du ciel Réalisation : Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Yazid Tizi
De Nuremberg à Nuremberg
Origin France
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about World War II

Le film est découpé, selon les durées, en deux parties ou en quatre. Pour la durée de 180 minutes, le découpage est en deux parties: